简介:DisseminatingscientificknowledgehasalwaysbeenakeytopicinIUGS'activities.TheUnionhasproducedarangeofpublications(books,journals,maps,charts),bothonitsownandincooperationwithotherorganizationsandpublishers.Someoftheseworkshavebeenconcernedwithgeologicalstandards,whileothershavebeenoverviewsofcurrenttopics,
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